Warhammer 40: Starting as a Rogue Trader

Chapter 55: The Cunning Chieftain
Valentine looked at the monster in front of him at a loss.

He could hear Vianna talking to herself, and the thief leader was communicating with Vianna using the Zerg psychic network.

"Are you hungry? I'll bring the person up right away."

At the order of the patriarch, one cunning believer after another came forward.

Valentine discovered that even after seeing Ji Zei's terrifying appearance, these people did not show any fear. They still regarded him as an angel of the Emperor of God.

These believers were all deceived by the patriarch's psychic illusions. In their eyes, Patriarch Terran was not like this at all, but the incarnation of the great Four-Armed God Emperor.

The patriarch's huge body requires a large amount of food every day, and his food is these selected human believers.

The patriarch's eyes swept over the believers in front of him, as if he was choosing his favorite food.

And these believers all looked at the patriarch expectantly, hoping to be the first lucky one.

When the cunning chief found his favorite food, he grabbed a believer with his claws.

Then he threw it into his mouth like a snack.

Chief Terran stuffed it directly into his mouth and chewed it vigorously. One can imagine the pain of being eaten alive.

But the cunning believer who had the food stuffed into his mouth and eaten raw still had a look of satisfaction on his face, as if he didn't feel any pain.

"Crazy... How could this happen!"

Valentine couldn't believe how anyone could smile after being killed like that.

The other waiting believers seemed not to see anything at all. In their eyes, the chosen one had already gone to the Golden Throne.

After Chief Terran completely ate the man, he still seemed unsatisfied.

He looked at Valentine.

The bloody scene just now scared Valentine silly. He tried hard to get up from the ground and escape, but Vianna's psychic power directly controlled him in place.

"As the tribe leader, how could I possibly let you escape if that was the food he wanted?"

The leader used his psychic power to control Valentine and float towards Patriarch Terran.

"Dark Gods, please save me!"

Valentine's prayers received no response. The warp shadow formed by the powerful psychic power of the Chicken Chief had completely blocked his prayers in the warp. The Chicken Chief could not wait to swallow Valentine in one gulp. He chewed with big mouthfuls. The energy contained in this body blessed by Chaos was much higher than that of ordinary humans!
He was very satisfied with the food! It seemed that after eating Valentine, his spiritual power was strengthened a little bit.

Valentine, who plunged Agathos into chaos, died. After his failure, he thought about the possible ways he would die, but he never thought that he would be eaten alive.
After eating all the remaining believers, the cunning chief sat back on his throne.

At this time, he actually began to speak human language.

"The riots on this planet have disrupted the arrival of the Ascension Day. The number of believers is not yet enough to light the psychic beacon. We can take advantage of the chaos in the lower nest to recruit believers."

"I'll let the believers do it. The weapons we've secretly stockpiled over the years are enough to arm every believer. But, Patriarch, should we send the Holy Inquisitor to assassinate that new Rogue Trader? Without the proper management of Agathos, we can better develop our Lower Nest."

"Okay, go ahead! And those Chaos Astartes are also destabilizing factors. Let the believers and the Holy Inquisitors kill them as well. Their genetic supreme will might be pleased, and it can also make the believers stronger!"

Under the order of the Chicken Thief Chief, a large number of the fourth and fifth generation Chicken Thief believers who were already mixed in the lower nest, known as the new blood, began to take action. By this generation, their appearance was no different from that of ordinary humans.

On weekdays, they live and work in the Lower Hive like normal Imperial humans. However, upon receiving orders, they take up arms and begin attacking the Chaos forces retreating to the Lower Hive. They rescue and protect those who are being oppressed. Just when you're about to be killed by a Chaos follower, a cunning New Blood saves you, smilingly feeding you, treating you, and even calling you a brother or sister. Their selflessness is so unpredictable, one can only imagine what the person they rescue must be thinking. They even believe in the God-Emperor!

You can imagine how rapidly these Genestealer sects are developing at this moment.
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At this time, Gao Yi was listening to Pavian's report. After two days of rest, the dynasty's soldiers had begun to enter the lower nest to recover some lost territory near the upper nest.

Faced with the PDFs supported by the Rangers, these remaining Chaos forces could only retreat deeper into the lower nest.

The huge bottom nest fat man now has not enough rangers, so he needs more equipment!

But Gao Yi was a little confused. Valentine was not caught, and even the Word Bearers were there.

During the defense of Upper Nest, many Chaos followers escaped.

But why is the resistance of the Chaos believers who retreated to the lower nest so weak... It shouldn't be like this.

Norris also lost contact because the communication system of the lower nest was damaged.

"Captain! The industrial zone you requested has begun construction. With the help of the Holy Machine, it won't be long before the barracks, heavy factories, and starports are all completed. The starport on Agaros no longer produces Banshees, and the first Yamato battleship has begun construction. It will be completed in just 15 days.

Your fleet will temporarily act as a transport ship, continuously bringing back qualified ore from Agaros. By then, all sacred STCs will be able to produce at full capacity!"

And is it true that you can travel long distances without using the warp?"

Pavian is reporting his work to Gao Yi.

Since receiving the faith of Pavian and other priests of the Golden Horn, Gao Yi could also feel their loyalty, which was absolutely at the level of never betraying, so Gao Yi also told Pavian directly.
And the most important thing is that the priests who become his believers can also command some scvs and control some barracks, which saves Gao Yi a lot of effort and he doesn't have to do everything by himself.

"That's right, by then we will be completely free from the constraints of the subspace!"

"Oh, Om Messiah! This will change the situation in the entire galaxy!"

Gao Yi spent almost all of the psychic crystals in his pocket on this round of construction.

And when all the construction is completed, its subsequent equipment production will be terrifying.

The entire Upper Nest was mobilizing for war. Damon and Will were in charge of the conscription work and it went exceptionally smoothly.

The fact that one could get more food rations by joining the army was enough to attract people.

But this time he was not being pulled to the front line as cannon fodder like before.

The Governor promised to gradually provide everyone with a set of combat uniforms.

You know, this is a rare opportunity for the refugees who escape into the upper nest.

Originally, they might have spent their entire lives as workers in the lower nest, working hard for every bite of food, every drop of water, and every kilowatt-hour of energy they used.

Now you can join the Governor's planetary defense force, but you should know that not everyone can join it before.

The selection criteria at this time have also been relaxed a lot.

This can be considered a disguised form of class crossing.

Those who are selected will have to undergo further training by the Rangers, and those who fail the assessment will have to return to the refugee team.

(End of this chapter)